Award winning
singer, TY Bello has released the music video of her latest single,
‘The Future’. The erstwhile Kush singer premiered the Kemi Adetiba
directed video across different entertainment blogs, yesterday Sunday
3, April 2011. The music video of the track that preaches hope for a
better future for Nigerians is depicted in a manner that sees the
songstress going past some societal ills including tribalism,
insecurity, injustice and so on, in form of different obstacles.
The video which
shows citizens carrying placards with inscriptions such as ‘Unity’, ‘I
am a part of this’ and ‘Tolerance’ amongst others, also got cameo
appearance from notable young people including singers, Banky W,
Sound Sultan, Lami
and Darey Art Alade; entertainment PR guru, Ayeni Adekunle; former band
mate, Emem Emma; and The Future Awards organisers, Chude Jideonwo and
Adebola Williams.
Harrisong drops debut album
Finally,
Questionmark Entertainment’s frontline singer, songwriter and producer,
Harrisong has finally released his debut album, ‘Testify’. The album
which took the better part of three years to record was released over
the weekend and was launched yesterday Sunday 3, April 2011 at the Club
Luxe, Etim Inyang Cresent on Victoria Island.
The album features
guest appearances from only label mates, Ego, and D’Supremes and is
also exclusively co-produced by Harrisong and Del V safe for a track
that is produced by Password.
UK to hold “thousands” of wedding street parties
Thousands of street
parties will be held across Britain to celebrate Prince William’s
marriage to Kate Middleton next month, local government officials said
on Saturday, as royal wedding fever grips parts of the country.
In London alone,
some 500 requests have been made to councils to close down roads so
locals can get out the bunting and set up their fold-up tables for the
traditional get-togethers, held in honour of major state occasions.
“Street parties are
an established part of British culture, they’re a great way for people
to meet their neighbours and strengthen community bonds,” said Chris
White from the Local Government Association (LGA).
In total, some
4,000 applications for parties have been made so far across England and
Wales, the LGA said. According to Britain’s Mirror newspaper, one of
the applications has come from Prime Minister David Cameron for a party
outside his official Downing Street residence. Elsewhere, those living
in the county of Hertfordshire, North of London, are proving
particularly excited by the upcoming nuptials, making 135 requests for
street parties, while there have been 85 from Kent to the Southeast of
the capital.
Superstar Kenny Rogers toasts himself
Kenny Rogers is
either the most self-deprecating star in showbiz, or he’s a much better
actor than he lets on his multitude of “Gambler” TV movies.
Despite a hugely
successful career spanning more than 50 years, Rogers says he’s largely
an untalented, unmotivated guy who just got lucky. Over and over again,
during a hilariously revealing QA at the Grammy Museum in Los
Angeles on Monday, the bearded storyteller did his very best to shoot
gaping holes in his legend.
To wit: “When I
look back on my life I go, How did this happen? I’ve never been really
driven, for lack of a better term. I’ve just been lucky.” “I don’t take
it seriously.” “I just stumbled into all of this stuff. God forbid I
don’t get up one morning. How am I gonna stumble if I don’t at least
get up?” “I have to tell you, I’m impressed. Not with me, but with what
I’ve been able to do with very little talent … You know what? I’ve
made a lot of money with a bad throat.” “I make it a point not to write
hits.” Rogers did give himself some credit. For one, he picks hit songs
as well as anyone. His secret for success? When it comes to ballads –
such as ‘Lady’ and ‘She Believes In Me’ – “It should be a song that
says everything a man would like to say and every woman would like to
hear,” he said. By his own admission, some of his songs are decidedly
weird. ‘Ruby’ is narrated by a guy about to shoot his wife, ‘Coward of
the County’ is about a gang rape. “People fall in love with the song
and they go, Oh my God! It’s about a rape!,” he said.
